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NTSB accident investigation · Piper PA-12 · Bay Shore, NY · January 5, 1965

Accident · Serious injuriesClosed
Date
January 5, 1965
Place
Bay Shore, NY · BAY SHORE, NY
Injuries
1 serious
Damage
Destroyed
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N4427MPiper PA-12
Status
Completed · report February 10, 1965
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
180449

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0005   65/1/5    BAY SHORE NY        PIPER PA-12         CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 47, 2000
        TIME - 1850                    N4427M              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED

Aircraft

Registration
N4427M
Reported as
Piper PA-12
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Destroyed

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.